Cut the salary to match is all that required, pension contributions are only legally required on about 60k of income so it's noise rather than anything else. I always had to charge a day rate to include all the employers social costs so I am speaking with some experience.

Cut the salary to match is all that required, pension contributions are only legally required on about 60k of income so it's noise rather than anything else. I always had to charge a day rate to include all the employers social costs so I am speaking with some experience.

This is not really so new.
Switzerland is a very ageist country.
In Manor, where my wife works, they put a lot of people over 50 down to 60% - other option was goodbye.
IBM - where I worked, they weeded out the older employees using many excuses / tactics and short term carrot terminations.
It is expensive to pay for people in this age group - also they are a possible IV / bvg risk.
I know and have been fighting for 2 years to try and get money from the so called corporate insurances through lawyers.
On paper, everything looks rosy until you need to claim - then you have to look into the small print and your medical history.
Over 50 for companies are hassle - plenty of other disposable options around.
All the plans look nice on the charts until you actually need to use them. Believe me.
Getting as bad as the uk
Once you leave the company, the insurance firm comes after you with no holds barred

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I think your retirement shoud be based on how long you are expected to live.
Most of my predecessors died at 55.
I am 58 this year - maybe due to Swiss medicine - can I not have a few years to potter around annoying people, speaking about the old times and taking up seats on rush hour trains.
I think it is time to find a more user friendly country.
72? I will be 12 years in a very expensive Plegeheim at this time - being a pain in the arse

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Bin there, done that. At least I was pushed out with an AVS bridge to cover the difference until I hit 65.

The rising cost, to employers, of older employees is a terrible idea. It both encourages kicking out employees over 50/60 and makes recruiting them unattractive. At the same time, as already pointed out, the age of "retirement" (or, more accurately, when you get your state pension) is being pushed up too, leaving a nasty hole at the end of many careers.

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